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Matucana huagalensis

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Matucana huagalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Matucana
Species:
M. huagalensis
Binomial name
Matucana huagalensis
(Donald & A.B.Lau) Bregman, Meerst., Melis & A.B.Pullen 1988
Synonyms
  • Borzicactus huagalensis Donald & A.Lau 1970

Matucana huagalensis is a species of Matucana found in Peru.[1]

Description

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Matucana huagalensis usually grows solitary and only rarely sprouts with flattened, spherical to broadly cylindrical, green shoots and reaches heights of up to 25 cm (9.8 in) with a diameter of 15 cm (5.9 in). There are about 18 sharp-edged, tuberous ribs. Of the white to light brown spines, some have a darker tip. The three to four central spines are up to 4 cm (1.6 in), the 18 to 20 radial spines 1 to 2 cm (0.39 to 0.79 in) long.

The slightly crooked flowers are light pink to almost white. They are up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long. The spherical fruits are green.[2]

Distribution

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Matucana huagalensis is located in the Peruvian Department of Cajamarca near the confluence of the Río Marañón and Río Crisnejas at an altitude of 2000 to 2500 meters.

Taxonomy

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The first description as Borzicactus huagalensis was in 1970 by John Donald Donald and Alfred Bernhard Lau.[3] The specific epithet huagalensis refers to the occurrence of the species on the Hacienda Hugal. Rob Bregman and his co-authors placed the species in the genus Matucana in 1988.[4] A nomenclature synonym is Submatucana huagalensis (Donald & A.B.Lau) hort. (no year, nom. invalid. ICBN article 29.1).

References

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  1. ^ "Matucana huagalensis (Donald & A.Lau) Bregman, Meerst., Melis & A.B.Pullen". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  2. ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). p. 419. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  3. ^ Donald, J. D. (1970). "NEW TAXA FROM THE LAU EXPEDITION IN PERU, 1969". The National Cactus and Succulent Journal. 25 (2). British Cactus and Succulent Society: 33–33. ISSN 2057-0325. JSTOR 42791101. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  4. ^ "Cactus and Succulent Journal March-April 1979: Vol 51 Iss 2 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
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